SmallTown
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This is a good point and, if we are honest, the charging infrastructure isn't as ubiquitous as it should be and my fave topic, destination charging, certainly isn't there yet. we don't have chargers in every hotel car park for example which should be a bear minimum.I'm sure at times it is far more convenient with an EV. I think at the moment though people take comfort from the relative reliability of using ICE in terms of available filling stations. If you're travelling with small kids for example on a long journey you don't want any doubt over your refuelling plan and the speed of it.
We live in the countryside and make longish journeys to countryside locations (for cycling, camping etc) and i'm not sure what the EV charging availability is generally like, i've never really looked into it, i should do really but it's worth making the point that for everybody it's not all about motorways and main routes.
I only really start these threads because there is so much disinformation around refuelling in particular so I'm trying to share reality and not what the papers say.
For example the article redwurzel shared about EV taking an hour to "fill". Whilst this is true for some EV on some rapid chargers, it's not true for many. It's a moot point though as no one actually fills their car. Real world example from last week: I travelled from Manchester to Brentford. I had 84% state of charge when I started my journey and I hadn't charged before setting off which in an ideal world you do on cold days as the battery gets warm. I had to stop, I stopped needing an 11 minute charge to get home. By the time I had gone for a wee and bought a cuppa my charge was complete and I carried on without any inconvenience.